Truck.



S. D. BEUM.

TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED -APR. 27. 191 I.

' Patented Feb. 26, 1918.

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STEPHEN n. nnu vr, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

earner.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. BEUM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Truck, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to trucks especially designed for use in movinglarge or cabinet phonographs from place to place, one of the objects ofthe invention being to provide atruck which can be handled by one manand which can hold a crate containing a phonograph or can engage aphonograph when re moved from a crate without injury to the instruinent.

A further object is to provide a truck of this character which can beadjusted readily to cabinet phonographs of difierent sizes.

1V ith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel details of construction and combinations of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the truck.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan View of a portion thereof.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3' of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one end portion of the adjustable slide.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference,1 designates thehead of the truck which is preferably formed of an elongated stripmounted on supporting wheels 2 which may be connected to the endportions of the strip. Fixedly secured to the middle portion of thishead and extending at right angles therefrom is a tongue 3 and obliquelydisposed braces 4 are attached to the sides of the tongue and to the endportions of the head. Secured to the front ends of these braces are stopstrips 5 having upstanding holding ears 6 at their free ends.

A slide 7, in the form of an elongated strip, rests on and extendsacross the tongue i 3 and the braces 4 and secured to the middle portionof this slide is a bracket 8 which extends under and is adapted to slidealong the tongue 3, thus to hold the slide 7 in position withoutinterfering with its sliding movement. Secured to the back face of theslide Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 216, Jllglllfi. AApplication fiie'aii rn 27, 191?. Sarina/164561. i i i 7 at each endthereof is an angular bracket 9 the intermediate portion of which isadapted, when the bracket is in oneposition, to rest on the top of theslide and, when the bracket is in another position, to rest against theend of the slide. One end of the bracket has a pivot pin 10 extendingtherethrough into the back face of the slide while the other end of thebracket projects outwardly to form a stop ear 11.

A. guide rod 12 is arranged under and parallel with a portion of thetongue 3, this rod having its ends offset as at 13 and secured to thetongue. A handle 14 is loosely mounted upon the rod 12 and is secured toone end of a connecting rod 15 the other end of which is attached to thebracket 8. A grip 16 extends downwardly from the rear or free endportion of the tongue 3, and a brace 17 connects the lower end of thisgrip to the tongue.

'When it is desired to use this truck for the purpose of transporting acrate, the brackets 9 are swung laterally and downwardly, the truck israised perpendicularly and the ears 6 are inserted under the crate. Thetruck can then be used in the same manner as an ordinary hand truck, thecrate resting on the slide 7 and the ears 6. Should it be desired totransport a cabinet phonograph, the truck is placed on end against theback of the phonograph and by means of the handle 14, the slide 7 isshifted longitudinally until the brackets 9, which have first been movedto the positions shown in the drawings, are brought into positions withtheir ears or lugs 11 engaging the lower edge of the back of thephonograph. As soon as this adjustment has been effected the handle 14is released and the wall of the opening 14 in the handle will bind onthe rod 12 and thus prevent the slide 7 and the supported load frommoving downwardly while the load is being transported.

It is to be understood that those portions of the truck coming intocontact with the load can be provided with protecting strips of felt orthe like, one of which has been indicated at 18.

What is claimed is:

A truck including a movably supported body, outstanding load engagingdevices thereon, a tongue extending from the body, a slide on thetongue, load engaging devices on the slide, and adjustable into and outof active p sitions,-and.means on the tongue for my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature adjustlng the slide toward and from the in thepresence of two witnesses. body, said means including a guide rod, in

T eombined'handle and grip slidably mounted STEPHEB BEUM' on the rod'and a connection between the Witnesses: slide and said handle and grip.W. H. HUTTIE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as GEO. E. GLEDHILL.

coplel of this patent may be obtained-fer five cents eaeh, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

